Boischatel is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The town was originally called Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel.
The town itself is located along the Montmorency River. Near the boundary with Beauport are the Montmorency Falls, where 35,000 litres of water per second fall from a height one-and-a-half times greater than that of Niagara Falls.
Demographics
Population trend: Population in 2021: 8231 (2016 to 2021 population change: 8.5%) Population in 2016: 7587 Population in 2011: 6465 Population in 2006: 5287 Population in 2001: 4303 Population in 1996: 4152 Population in 1991: 3878
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3,050 (total dwellings: 3,128)
First language: English as first language: 0.7% French as first language: 97.3% English and French as first language: 0.3% Other as first language: 1.4%